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Funeral Flowers Houston

Funeral is the debut full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on September 14, 2004 in North America by Merge Records and on February 28, 2005 in Europe by Rough Trade Records.

A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a deceased person. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor

United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)

the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city in the state of Texas. As of the 2009 U.S. Census estimate, the city had a population of 2.3 million within an area of .

An inland port in Texas, linked to the Gulf of Mexico by the Houston Ship Canal; pop. 1,953,631. Since 1961, it has been a center for space research and manned space flight; it is the site of the NASA Space Center

Remembering Ora Juanita

My Mom passed away peacefully after many years of enduring the slow onslaught of Parkinson's disease. She was born and grew up in Houston, Texas and moved to Connecticut after she and my Dad married, where they raised my Brother Russell and I. Her Texas family always called her Oranita, a name I've become rather fond of over the years.

Long before I learned to appreciate them, I clearly remember her going on and on about her favorite flower, the Texas state flower, the Bluebonnet (a variety of Dwarf Lupine for all us wildflower freaks). Bluebonnets burst from the Texas soils in early Spring, blanketing fields and decorating roadsides in many areas of the state.

Despite having visited Texas many times over the years, I had never visited in the Spring, so I'd always missed them. However, this Spring, I was there for my Uncle Rusty's funeral service (my Mother's Brother) and my cousin Bill took us to his country property in Bristol, a little community south of Dallas. We took a couple walks, past small farms and horse ranches, finding Bluebonnets and iridescent orange Paintbrush blanketing fields everywhere. Needless to say, we took our time on those walks. We just couldn't get enough enough of those fields and hillsides blanketed with Bluebonnets. My cousins say they look forward to the Bluebonnets every Spring, never tiring of their beauty.

I had intended to find an ideal Bluebonnet image from the many images I shot, print & frame one and send to my Mom. Only a couple weeks after my Spring visit and her brother's funeral service, she passed, so instead, I'm posting this in memory of my her. Goodbye Mom. I love you. I hope you've found your field of dreams.

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In memory of Meg Flowers, who gave her life to church music

Yesterday was Salem Houston musician Meg Flower's funeral at Christ Church Cathedral. Meg also served Palmer Episcopal. "In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." — Albert Camus "Don't be afriad. Just enjoy the music." — Jazz Saxophonist Charlie Parker